Functional assessment of tibial-nerve recovery in the cat using gait analysis: Preliminary study

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-183

  Lin, Fu Mei ^a   Pan, Yu Chuan ^a   Dinh, Tue Auh ^a   Sabbahi, Mohamed ^a   Shenaq, Saleh ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE LESION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0030989467     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006402     Document Type: Article

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